Ellora Vigyan Mancha

Ellora Vigyan Mancha ("Ellora Science Forum") is a non- profitmaking, non-governmental organization established in May 2004 in Assam, India, to Spread scientific temper and to fight superstition and blind belief, launch campaigns and movement for health awareness, climate change, encourage blood donation/ eye donation/ other human organ(s) donation/ whole body donation after death for transfusion, transplantation or medical research., and to Instill a sense of fraternity in people through selfless humanitarian service.

Ellora Vigyan Mancha
AbbreviationEVM
Named afterEllora Roychoudhury
Formation15 May 2004 (2004-05-15)
Registration no.RS/KAM/240/A-4/696 of 2006
PurposeTo Spread scientific temper and to fight superstition and blind belief.

To Launch campaigns and movement for health awareness.

To Encourage blood donation/ eye donation/ other human organ(s) donation/ whole body donation after death for transfusion, transplantation or medical research.

To Instill a sense of fraternity in people through selfless humanitarian service.
HeadquartersGuwahati, Assam
AffiliationsAll India People's Science Network (AIPSN)
Award(s)
  • Hemkosh Pran Devananda Baruah Samaj Chetana Award
  • Maanavata Award
Websitewww.elloravigyan.in

History

It was founded in memory of Ellora Roychoudhury, who passed away in 2003 after battling long with Cancer and donated her body to the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital for research.[1][2][3] She is the first women in North East India to donate her body for medical sciences.[4] In a public meeting attended by eminent personalities held on 15 May 2004, at Assam Textile Institute, Guwahati the Ellora Vigyan Mancha was formally came into existence.

Organization

The Ellora Vigyan Mancha has 44 branches across Assam.[5] The branches in districts of Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Sonitpur, Nagaon, Kamrup, Kamrup (Metro), Nalbari, Goalpara, Barpeta, Darrang, Bongaigaon etc. are fairly active.

Prominent Body Donors (Deceased)

The Ellora Vigyan Mancha works for body donation, organ donation, health awareness, against superstition[6] and blind beliefs.[4][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] As of August, 2022 158 bodies have been already donated to different government medical colleges in Assam.

The list of body donors includes noted historian Amalendu Guha,[14][15] Sahitya Akademi Award winner Purabi Bormudoi,[16] noted Assamese Singer and younger sister of Bhupen Hazarika Sudakshina Sarma,[17] actor Meera Biswas,[18] former MLAs (Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)) Bipin Hazarika,[19] Nizamuddin khan,[9] Noted writer Anima Guha,[20] eminent Assamese poet and Sahitya Akademi Award winner Suchibrata Roychoudhury, writer Tushaprabha Kalita etc. who have donated their bodies for research.[21]

The Ellora Vigyan Mancha extends help to organs and body donors (after death) and sends to Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, Assam Medical College, Tezpur Medical College and Hospital, Barpeta Medical College and Jorhat Medical College and Hospital.[22]

Awards and Recognitions

On 1 May 2018,on the occasion of Hemchandra Barua Memorial Day the Ellora Vigyan Mancha was awarded with Hemkosh Pran Devananda Baruah Samaj Chetana Award by Sadin-Pratidin group.[23][24] Again in May 2022, Bhabaprasad Chaliha Trust conferred prestigious Maanavata award to the organization. Apart from these, the Organization has received various other recognitions such as appreciation award from Assam AIDS Control Society for organizing blood donation campaigns across Assam.[25]

Publications

The Ellora Vigyan Mancha has been publishing its quarterly journal the ‘Samikshan' regularly since the last Conference held in October, 2016. Moreover, it has published few booklets on Health and Superstition, Astrology and Astronomy, etc. apart from two books on Hemchandra Barua and Ancient Indian Science (translated).[26]

Major days observed

References
  1. Desk, Sentinel Digital (17 May 2020). "17th foundation day of Ellora Vigyan Mancha (EVM) observed at Doomdooma - Sentinelassam". The Sentinel (Guwahati). Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  2. "Body donor's family carries out last wish". The Telegraph (India). 17 February 2005. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  3. "A life less ordinary ends with noble gesture". The Telegraph (India). 15 May 2003. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  4. Karmakar, Rahul (2 November 2008). "Guwahati lines up to donate blood". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  5. "Ellora Vigyan Mancha foundation day tomorrow". Retrieved 2022-08-20 – via PressReader.
  6. COPEMAN, Jacob; REDDY, Deepa S. (2012). "The didactic death". HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 2 (2): 59–83. doi:10.14318/hau2.2.005. ISSN 2575-1433. S2CID 144729975.
  7. "Social Activists Allege: Superstition Was Behind the Dokmoka Lynching". NewsClick. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  8. News, TNN (29 August 2013). "NGO calls for strong act against superstition in state | Guwahati News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 May 2022. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  9. Talukdar, Sushanta (17 May 2011). "First Muslim body donor in Assam". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  10. Desk, Sentinel Digital (31 December 2018). "How to Donate Body For Medical Research - Sentinelassam". The Sentinel (Guwahati). Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  11. Staff REPORTER (15 September 2010). "Ellora Vigyan Mancha reiterates aim to create scientific awareness". Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  12. Bairwa, Kiran (9 November 2021). "तंत्र-मंत्र ज्योतिष और विज्ञान पर संगोष्ठी का आयोजन" (in Hindi). Rajasthan Patrika. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  13. Kapoor, Divya (13 July 2019). "Impotency Myth, Witch-hunting: Encephalitis is Just One of Many Battles Assam is Fighting". News18. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  14. Kashyap, Samudra Gupta (8 May 2015). "Amalendu Guha one of the first to join campaign to pledge bodies for medical research". The Indian Express.
  15. Hussain, Bonojit; Chetia, Mayur (2015). "Remembering a People's Historian: Amalendu Guha (1924–2015)". Social Scientist. 43 (5/6): 117–123. ISSN 0970-0293. JSTOR 24642351 – via JSTOR.
  16. "Assam novelist Purabi Bormudoi dies at 69". The Telegraph (India). 15 July 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  17. "Noted Assamese Singer Sudakshina Sarma Passes Away". Outlook. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  18. Devi, Mousumi (7 January 2021). "Renowned Assamese actor Meera Biswas's body donated to GMCH". EastMojo. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  19. News, Ne Now (4 December 2017). "Veteran communist and former MLA Bipin Hazarika passes away". NORTHEAST NOW. Retrieved 8 May 2022. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  20. "Historian Amalendu Guha dies, body donated to medical college". The Indian Express. 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  21. Copeman, Jacob; Reddy, Deepa S. (1 September 2012). "The didactic death: Publicity, instruction, and body donation". HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 2 (2): 59–83. doi:10.14318/hau2.2.005. ISSN 2575-1433. S2CID 144729975. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  22. "Donor". Ellora Vigyan Mancha. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  23. NEWS, NE NOW (2018-05-01). "Bronze statue of Hemchandra Barua unveiled in Gauhati University campus". NORTHEAST NOW. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  24. Bureau, Pratidin. "Bronze statue of Assamese literature legend Hemchandra Baruah unveiled at Gauhati University". Pratidin Time. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  25. "Ellora Vigyan Mancha NGO in Guwahati ASSAM Address Contact details". www.indiangoslist.com. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  26. "about". www.elloravigyan.in. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  27. Staff Reporter (2010-09-15). "Anti-superstition and prejudice day observed". assamtribune.com. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  28. https://www.pressreader.com/india/the-assam-tribune/20201214/282329682528638. Retrieved 2022-08-20 – via PressReader. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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